Islamic Finance & FinTech
How Shariah-compliant finance actually works, and how digital finance is changing it — the core contracts, Islamic banking and takaful, sukuk, and the mobile money and fintech rails now carrying them. For finance staff, business owners, and anyone who needs their money halal and their business funded.
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- Length
- 6 weeks · 2 live sessions per week
- Level
- Intermediate
- Taught
- Live online, in English
- Sessions
- East Africa Time (GMT+3), all recorded
- Open to
- Students anywhere in the world
- Where
- Profix community on Skool
What is included
- Live sessions, plus the recording of every one — join from any time zone
- Course materials and templates you keep
- Access to the Profix community between sessions
- Certificate of completion
- Group enrolment for teams on request
Outcomes
What you will be able to do
Not topics covered — things you will be able to do at work the week after.
Explain the principles clearly
Riba, gharar, and maysir, and the risk-sharing ethic underneath them — well enough to explain to a customer or a colleague.
Work with the core contracts
Murabaha, ijara, mudaraba, musharaka, salam, and istisna — what each is for, and where each is misapplied in practice.
Choose the right financing for a need
Match a business requirement — stock, equipment, property, working capital — to the structure that genuinely fits it.
Understand takaful and sukuk
How cooperative insurance differs from conventional cover, and what a sukuk actually is behind the label.
Use digital finance properly
Mobile money, wallets, and payment rails — East Africa leads the world on these — and what they change for a small business anywhere.
Judge a new product before you sign
Assess crypto, buy-now-pay-later, and digital lending offers against Shariah principles and plain consumer risk.
Curriculum
What the course covers
6 modules · 6 weeks · 2 live sessions per week. Open one to see what is inside it.
01Week 1 — Foundations
The prohibition of riba, gharar, and maysir. Risk-sharing and asset backing. The ethics that shape every product that follows, and how the industry got here.
02Week 2 — The core contracts
Murabaha, ijara, mudaraba, musharaka, salam, and istisna. What each is designed for, worked examples, and the common criticisms of how they are applied.
03Week 3 — Islamic banking in practice
Deposit and financing products. Shariah governance and supervisory boards. How Islamic windows operate inside conventional banks, and what is available in Tanzania today.
04Week 4 — Takaful and sukuk
Cooperative insurance and how it differs from conventional cover. Sukuk structures, what they fund, and how they are used for infrastructure and business growth.
05Week 5 — FinTech and digital finance
Mobile money, wallets, and payment rails. Digital lending, crowdfunding, and agent banking. How Shariah-compliant finance is being delivered digitally.
06Week 6 — Judgement and the future
Assessing crypto, buy-now-pay-later, and new digital products against Shariah principles and consumer risk. Regulation and consumer protection. Choosing finance for your own business.
Who teaches it
Taught by a consultancy, not a content studio
Profix has spent years fixing projects that went wrong and businesses that outgrew their systems. The courses are the teachable part of that work, delivered with our expert network behind them.
- Since 2021
- Consulting across multi-service industries
- 9 partners
- Universities, foundations and businesses
- ExNet
- A national and international network of experts
Inside the course
See how Islamic Finance & FinTech runs before you pay for it
A short walk through the course: what the live sessions are like, how much work it asks of you each week, and what you will have to show at the end of it.
How it works
How to join
All Profix courses are delivered through our community on Skool. If you have not used Skool before, it takes about two minutes.
Choose your course
Read what it covers and what you will be able to do at the end.
Join on Skool
Create a free Skool account and enrol. Skool handles payment and gives you immediate access.
Start learning
Work through the lessons at your own pace, join the live sessions, and ask questions in the community.
Community
You are not learning alone
Every course includes access to the Profix community — where you can ask questions between sessions, see how other people solved the same problem, and get direct answers from the Profix team and our expert network.
See the communityQuestions
Questions people ask
Do I need a background in finance or Arabic?
Neither. Every term is introduced in plain English as it comes up, with worked examples. The course suits finance and banking staff, business owners looking for Shariah-compliant funding, and anyone serving customers who need it.
What is Skool and why do I need it?
Skool is the platform that hosts the course videos, materials, and community discussion. Creating an account is free and takes about two minutes. Payment and access are handled entirely by Skool.
What if I miss a live session?
Every session is recorded and posted in the community, so you can catch up in your own time and still ask questions afterwards.
Can I take this from outside Tanzania?
Yes — the courses are live online and open to students anywhere. Sessions run on East Africa Time (GMT+3) and every one is recorded, so joining from a different time zone costs you nothing but the live question-and-answer. Skool takes international cards and prices are shown in US dollars.
What language is the course taught in?
English, and all course materials are in English. Where everyone in a session happens to speak Swahili we will explain in it as well, but you never need Swahili to follow a course.
Do I get a certificate?
Yes — a Profix Companies certificate of completion once you finish the course and present your final project.
Can my organisation enrol several people?
Yes. Get in touch through the contact form or on WhatsApp and we will arrange group enrolment for teams.
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